The Mycotoxin Blue Book
The Mycotoxin Blue Book
Author(s): Edited by Duarte DiazThe Mycotoxins Blue Book is an interdisciplinary volume on the applied aspects of mycotoxins and considers the recent advances in the field of mycotoxicology. It reviews the toxic effects of mycotoxins in a wide range of species and describes recent methodological advances in the sampling of feeds, analysis principles, mycotoxin production and mycotoxin biomarker utilisation. The book also discusses the toxicological properties of mycotoxins and their effects on the antioxidant status and immunity of affected animal species, and presents decontamination and detoxifications techniques.
Once thought to be only a problem in tropical regions, moulds and the mycotoxins they produce have wide-ranging economic impact on animal agriculture on every continent of the globe. Mould growth robs feed nutritive value and reduces intake, which lowers efficiency. Mycotoxins, even when present at levels previously considered 'trace', have negative effects on performance and health, particularly in the context of today's more highly productive modern livestock genetics. Food-borne toxins also threaten human health through contaminated cereal and protein sources and transfer of toxins in food animal products.
The Mycotoxin Blue Book focuses on the physiological effects and field occurrence of mycotoxins. Detailed information on types of moulds and mycotoxins and the conditions under which moulds flourish is included. Implications of mycotoxin contamination of feedstuffs for all major food animal species are presented in addition to aquaculture and companion animals. Sampling and analytical issues are covered in depth; as is the topic of mycotoxins in human foods. Finally, practical means of ameliorating mycotoxin effects are addressed. It is the hope of the editor and authors that the material herein will lead to clearer recognition of mycotoxin problems and ultimately to ways of reducing their impact on food animal production.
Availability: In print
Publication date:2005
Binding: Hardback
Dimensions: 24cm x 18cm
Weight: Unknown
Extent: 348 pp.
ISBN: 1-094761-19-4
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- Sampling feeds for mycotoxin analysis
- Mycotoxins: their effects in poultry and some practical solutions
- Effects of mycotoxins in horses
- Effects of mycotoxins on domestic pet species
- Effects of mycotoxins on antioxidant status and immunity
- Mycotoxins in aquaculture
- Principles and applications of mycotoxin analysis
- Mycotoxins in the human food chain
- Mould growth and mycotoxin production
- Current concepts in mycotoxicoses in swine
- Mycotoxins in forages
- Mycotoxin interactions
- Mycotoxins: metabolism, mechanisms and biochemical markers
- Effects of mycotoxins in ruminants
- Mycotoxin sequestering agents: practical tools for the neutralisation of mycotoxins
- Index
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